Hail, Wind & Tornado Reports in and near Hattiesburg, MS

Hail Report Description: Emergency Management reported golf ball size hail in Brooklyn.

Hail Report Description: REPORTED AT I-59 AND US 49.

Hail Report Description: REPORTED BY CARNES FIRE DEPT ON JOHN MORRIS RD.

Hail Report Description: REPORTED AT THE INTERSECTION OF JAMES ST AND SIMS RD.

Hail Report Description: DIME TO QUARTER SIZED HAIL COVERED THE GROUND REPORTED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA.

Hail Report Description: SOCIAL MEDIA REPORT OF AT LEAST QUARTER SIZE HAIL JUST SOUTH OF THE USM CAMPUS.

Hail Report Description: GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AT EXIT 69 OFF I-59.

Hail Report Description: NICKEL TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL NEAR THE HATTIESBURG ZOO.

Hail Report Description: QUARTER SIZE HAIL IN THE MCLAURIN AREA

Hail Report Description: QUARTER SIZE HAIL ON PISTOL RIDGE ROAD...REPORTED BY HATTIESBURG EOC

Hail Report Description: REPORT OF QUARTER SIZE HAIL WITH A FEW GOLF BALLS MIXING IN.

Hail Report Description: ON ELKS LAKE RD

Hail Report Description: IN THE DIXIE COMMUNITY ALONG DUBOSE RD

Hail Report Description: Quarter sized hail occurred in McLaurin.

Hail Report Description: Golf ball sized hail occurred in Rock Hill.

Hail Report Description: No National Weather Service description provided.

Hail Report Description: Quarter size hail fell along JB Horne Road near McLaurin.

Hail Report Description: Hail up to nickel size fell near the Highway 49 and Interstate 59 intersection on the north side of town.

Hail Report Description: No National Weather Service description provided.

Hail Report Description: Dime to nickel size hail fell in Brooklyn.

Hail Report Description: Dime to quarter sized hail fell around the Ashe Nursery and Sam Boyte Road area.

Hail Report Description: Quarter to golf ball sized hail fell all around the Paul B. Johnson State Park.

Hail Report Description: No National Weather Service description provided.

Hail Report Description: Quarter sized hail was reported in the Carnes Community, and three quarter inch hail fell near Brooklyn.

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Hail Report Description: Hail between 1.75 inches and 2 inches in diameter fell across the area.

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Hail Report Description: A swath of penny to quarter sized hail fell across central portions of Forrest County.

Hail Report Description: No National Weather Service description provided.

Wind Report Description: Trees were blown down on Maxie Church Road.

Wind Report Description: Trees and powerlines were blown down. Power is out in the area.

Wind Report Description: Roof blown off a house on Grady Slade Rd.

Wind Report Description: Multiple trees and power lines downed across northern Forrest Co in the Hattiesburg... Petal... Macedonia... and Sunrise areas.

Wind Report Description: Emergency management reported a tree down on Drag Strip Rd in Brooklyn.

Wind Report Description: No National Weather Service description provided.

Wind Report Description: Corrects previous tstm wnd gst report from Hattiesburg. 58 mph wind gust measured at HBG airport.

Wind Report Description: 58 mph wind gust measured at HBG airport.

Wind Report Description: Numerous trees were blown down in Hattiesburg including one which fell onto a house on Azalea Drive.

Wind Report Description: Trees and power poles down... several across the city of Hattiesburg.

Wind Report Description: A tree blew down in Brooklyn.

Wind Report Description: Numerous trees down within the Hattiesburg city limits.

Wind Report Description: Numerous trees down across southern Forrest County.

Wind Report Description: Trees down on Clayton Dennis Road.

Wind Report Description: Corrects previous non-tstm wnd dmg report from 1 SSE Carnes. Tree down in the 500 block on Carnes Road.

Wind Report Description: Downed power lines on Rudolph Ln.

Wind Report Description: A few trees blown down along JC Burt Rd.

Wind Report Description: A tree fell on a house along W 8th St.

Wind Report Description: Tree down on Interstate 59 at mile marker 56.

Wind Report Description: KHBG ASOS measured a 55kt or 63mph gust at 715PM.

Wind Report Description: Tree down.

Wind Report Description: Several trees down and a power line in the Dixie community. Lott Loop... Bonhomie Rd and Ira Hudson Rd.

Wind Report Description: A large pine tree in downtown Hattiesburg fell onto and collapsed a carport... damaging two vehicles under it. Picture relayed via Twitter.

Wind Report Description: Tree downed on Brooklyn-Janice Road.

Wind Report Description: EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED MULTIPLE TREES DOWN ALL ACROSS FORREST COUNTY.

Wind Report Description: SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED DOWN TREES ACROSS COUNTY.

Wind Report Description: MULTIPLE TREES DOWNED IN HATTIESBURG AND NORTHERN FORREST COUNTY.

Wind Report Description: A TREE HAS FALLEN INTO POWER LINES AND THE ROAD WAY IS BLOCKED AT THE 200 BLOCK OF HUTCHINSON AVENUE.

Wind Report Description: SEVERAL TREES WERE DOWNED IN BROOKLYN.

Wind Report Description: REPORT FROM MPING OF WIND DAMAGE SIMILAR TO TREES SNAPPED OR UPROOTED... OR ROOF BLOWN OFF. POSSIBLE TORNADO DAMAGE.

Tornado Report Description: Trees down on Patrick Rd.

Tornado Report Description: THIS EF1 TORNADO BEGAN JUST ENE OF JOE LEE ROAD UPROOTING SEVERAL SOFTWOOD TREES. THE TORNADO CONTINUED NE ACROSS HAVARD ROAD WHERE A PIG SHED WAS DESTROYED... A ROOF WAS TAKEN OFF OF A HAY BARN AND DAMAGE WAS FOUND ON THE SIDE OF A BARN. THIS TORNADIC STORM CONTINUED TO TRACK NORTHEASTWARD TOWARDS HIGHWAY 13... WHERE SEVERAL MORE TREES WERE UPROOTED. THIS TORNADO CONTINUED TO MOVE NORTHEAST TOWARDS OLD HIGHWAY 13 UPROOTING SEVERAL MORE TREES ALONG THE WAY. THIS TORNADO CONTINUED FOR SEVERAL MORE MILES... WHERE IT CONTINUED ITS NORTHEAST TRACK CROSSING OVER PETE THOMPSON ROAD UPROOTING SEVERAL MORE TREES UNTIL IT FINALLY DISSIPATED.

Tornado Report Description: A SPOTTER SOUTH OF THIS LOCATION WITNESSED A TORNADO CROSS US HIGHWAY 49. REPORT RELAYED VIA SPOTTER NETWORK.

Tornado Report Description: CORRECTS PREVIOUS TSTM WND DMG REPORT FROM 1 N DIXIE. AROUND 10 TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN ALONG A PORTION OF ELKS LAKE ROAD. TORNADO DAMAGE AND LOCATION CONFIRMED BY NWS SURVEY. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.

Tornado Report Description: CORRECTS PREVIOUS TSTM WND DMG REPORT FROM 3 SSW DIXIE. TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN ONTO HOUSES AROUND FORD ROAD AND FILLINGAME ROAD. TORNADO DAMAGE CONFIRMED BY NWS SURVEY. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.

Tornado Report Description: EXTENSIVE DAMAGE ALL ACROSS SOUTH HATTIESBURG FROM I-59 ACROSS HWY 49 AND INTO PETAL. MANY STRUCTURES HEAVYLY DAMAGED... A FIRE DEPT HAD A DIRECT HIT ALONG WITH WILLIAM CARY UNIVERSITY HIT AS WELL. MULTIPLE INJURIES HAVE BEEN REPORTED ACROSS THE AREA.

Tornado Report Description: TORNADO BEGAN NEAR ENTREKIN ROAD AND ENDED NEAR HIGHWAY 13 SNAPPING A FEW TREES AND A POWER POLE ALONG THE WAY. MAX WINDS OF 75 MPH. PATH LENGTH OF 3.9 MILES AND MAX WIDTH OF 75 YARDS.

Tornado Report Description: This weak tornado touched down along Richburg Road just west of I-59. It tracked east northeast for 4.5 miles across a neighborhood and US Highway 11 before lifting at McCall Street and Barkley Road. The damage was mainly to trees where many of these had broken limbs with several even uprooted. Some homes had minor damage from downed trees or shingles torn off the roof. Estimated maximum winds were 85 mph.

Tornado Report Description: The tornado started along Highway 589, where some limbs and small trees were blown down. It became intense rather quickly, producing significant damage as it moved through the West Lake Serene area. The tornado reached its maximum intensity in the area around and just southwest of Oak Grove High School where maximum winds were estimated at 170 mph, which is EF-4 strength. There was a brick home in a subdivision southwest of the high school, just west of old Highway 11, that was completely leveled with all interior and exterior walls down, and a fair amount of large debris was blown downstream. Additionally, very high end timber damage occurred in this location with a number of trees showing debarking and denuding. Several other homes in this subdivision also sustained EF-2 to EF-3 damage. As the tornado crossed old Highway 11, it produced extensive damage on the campus of Oak Grove High School. The field house adjoining the football stadium was destroyed, the baseball stadium and a large metal building adjoining the stadium were essentially destroyed, and several large steel/concrete light standards were snapped at both the baseball and football stadiums. A vehicle was thrown from the parking lot adjoining the baseball stadium, up a small hill and was deposited near the pitching mound in the middle of the baseball field. The main building of the high school also suffered roof damage.||The tornado then moved northeast into the heavily populated areas of Oak Grove and West Hattiesburg, including areas along Lincoln Road Extension, Weathersby Road, Oak Grove Road, and the area just south of Highway 98 along Clark, Lamar and Foxgate Avenues. Numerous homes were destroyed or suffered major damage, and a few homes showed evidence of high end EF-3 damage. Dozens of power poles were snapped and extensive tree damage occurred. Video evidence and ground survey damage appeared to indicate that the tornado was multi-vortex in nature during its Lamar County portion. Just before crossing Interstate 59, it caused significant roof damage to a number of apartment buildings just west of the interstate. In total in Lamar County, emergency management indicated that 51 homes were destroyed and 170 suffered major damage.||The tornado then moved into Forrest County just to the south of Hardy Street damaging numerous homes with the damage in the EF-2 and EF-3 category. It then crossed Hardy Street impacting the southeast corner of the University of Southern Mississippi campus. Numerous buildings were damaged in this area including several campus buildings and a large church. Numerous power poles were blown down in this area and several metal traffic lights were bent or torn off their bases. Damage in this area was also EF-2 and EF-3.||The tornado continued across Highway 49 impacting multiple neighborhoods. Numerous roofs were blown off houses and many trees fell on houses and vehicles. The tornado crossed North Main Street causing significant damage to the Red Cross building, the Girl Scouts building, and bending large metal poles at the Hattiesburg High School athletic fields. The tornado then moved across east 7th Street causing significant damage to several large brick buildings. Damage in the area between north Main Street and east 7th Avenue was in the high end EF-3 range with maximum winds around 160 mph.||The tornado continued into Petal with the most significant damage occurring to an Ace Hardware store on South Main Street. Numerous homes in the vicinity of the hardware store also had roofs torn off and exterior walls collapsed. This damage was also rated high end EF-3 with maximum winds around 160 mph.||The tornado began to weaken as it crossed the Evelyn Gandy Parkway to the northeast of Petal. Damage in this area was mainly EF-1 and EF-2 and consisted of roof damage and snapped trees. The tornado strengthened one last time as it moved through a neighborhood just off Twin Lakes Road. Numerous well built homes experienced EF-2 damage to the roofs in this neighborhood. The tornado weakened as it approached the Perry County line and dissipated a couple of miles into Perry County. Damage at the end of the track was in the EF-0 to EF-1 range.||In Forrest County, emergency management indicated that 133 homes were destroyed and 207 suffered major damage. There were 63 reported injuries.||This is the second violent tornado to impact Lamar and Forrest Counties in recorded history. The other violent tornado was the infamous Purvis tornado on April 24, 1908 that was on the ground for 155 miles and impacted many counties across Mississippi. In total, 143 people were killed by this tornado, including 60 in Lamar County and 4 in Forrest County.

Tornado Report Description: This tornado initially touched down along Beach Road, where it overturned two trailers, took part of the roof off a home, destroyed a shed and caused some tree damage. From there the tornado weakened and seemed to skip along for several miles as it crossed Boggy Hollow Road and Coaltown Road. The tornado strengthened again as it crossed Purvis to Columbia Road. There the tornado caused damage to the roof and siding of a home and snapped several trees. The tornado them weakened again as it moved through the northwest sections of Purvis with only sporadic tree damage. The tornado strengthened again as it crossed Highway 11 and Sherlock Herrington Road. There numerous trees were snapped, the roof and siding of a home were damaged, a large storage shed was heavily damaged, and 3 mobile home sustained heavy damage. The tornado then reached its peak intensity as it crossed Harold Tucker Road. A strapped down mobile home was blown off its foundation and heavily damaged, two other mobile homes were damaged, and a single family home had part of the roof blown off. Numerous trees were snapped at this location as well. This location had both the maximum winds associated with this tornado of 100 mph and the maximum width of 300 yards.||The tornado then crossed White Chapel Road causing extensive tree damage. It then moved into Forrest County and crossed over Interstate 59 knocking over several trees at a rest stop. The tornado then crossed Browns Bridge Road and Frye Road snapping numerous trees, one of which fell on a house. The tornado lifted shortly after crossing Frye Road.

Tornado Report Description: The public observed a brief tornado touchdown off Highway 49 near Camp Shelby. Maximum winds were estimated at 70 mph.

Tornado Report Description: A brief tornado touched down close to the intersection of Highway 49 and 13. A few trees blocked the south bound lane of Highway 49.

Tornado Report Description: This tornado occurred just south of the first, longer track tornado, and was on the ground for just over a mile. A concentrated path of trees, in a convergent pattern, was blown down. Additionally, half the roof of a small church was peeled off.

Tornado Report Description: This tornado began on the east side of Purvis, here it downed some limbs and small trees. The tornado intensified and widened at it approached and crossed Interstate 59 near Black Creek. Numerous trees and large limbs were snapped along the path as it moved through the area between the interstate and Highway 49. Additionally, a couple homes and outbuildings were damaged by limbs or trees falling on them. The tornado intensified again and narrowed as it approached Highway 49 and the south gate of Camp Shelby. A number of large trees were downed along the highway, and from there to the actual gate of Camp Shelby. One large tree fell on a mobile home on the east side of Highway 49, destroying it. Shingles were pulled off a couple commercial buildings along the highway as well and 2 power poles were snapped. This area was where the tornado reached its maximum intensity. As the tornado moved across Camp Shelby, it remained narrow, but not as intense, with winds likely in the 70 to 80 mph range. The tornado downed numerous large limbs and sporadic trees as it moved across the base. One large tree fell on base quarters home, causing serious damage to it, and another tree fell on a vehicle, destroying it. Some other minor roof damage was noted. The tornado continued causing sporadic tree damage as it crossed Highway 98 near the Perry County line where it dissipated. Maximum winds were around 105 mph. The total path length across Lamar and Forrest Counties was 15 miles.

Tornado Report Description: This tornado touched down at Camp Shelby and snapped or uprooted numerous trees, and downed several power lines along the short path. Twelve buildings, mostly barracks, were damaged. Several buildings had the roofs severely damaged with one roof nearly completely torn off. Several walls of the barrack buildings collapsed where the roof support was lost. A hummer was turned over and windows were blown out of several other vehicles. Maximum wind speed was 110 mph.

Tornado Report Description: This brief tornado occurred in the eyewall of Katrina and touched down on the east side Hattiesburg. Across the brief path, dozens of large trees were uprooted and snapped.

Tornado Report Description: This tornado touched down just west of Interstate 59, 1 mile south of exit 59 for Highway 98, and tracked east for 2 miles crossing Browns Bridge Road and dissipating around Leffler Road. Just off Browns Bridge Road, one chicken house was destroyed and a mobile home had part of its roof torn off. Numerous trees were also blown down.

Tornado Report Description: A supercell thunderstorm produced a tornado that moved out of Walthall County into Marion County, about two miles west of Kokomo. The tornado traveled five miles to a point three miles eastnortheast of Kokomo. The next tornado touched down about two miles east of Columbia and traveled six miles to a point seven miles eastnortheast of Columbia. The next tornado touched down nine miles eastnortheast of Columbia and traveled into Lamar County to a point four miles northeast of Oak Grove. The final tornado produced by the supercell in the Jackson NWS County Warning Area touched down in the northwest part of the city of Hattiesburg and traveled across northern sections of Hattiesburg and then across the city of Petal. This tornado lifted about two miles east of Petal. Damage reports in Marion County are somewhat difficult to estimate because an earlier tornado affected portions of the county, and the severe thunderstorm that produced the first tornado in the county caused damage in the city of Columbia before the second tornadic storm moved into the county. Damage to homes in Marion County from the tornado is estimated at $700,000 with other damage in the county listed under separate storms. The total damage from the tornado in Lamar County is estimated to have been around $4.5 million. In Lamar County, the tornado destroyed five houses, 24 mobile homes, one business, and 17 farms. The tornado caused major damage to 33 houses, 30 mobile homes, one church, two businesses, and seven farms. Minor damage occurred to approximately 30 mobile homes, eight apartment units, one church, two businesses, and a farm. The total damage from the tornado in Forrest County was estimated to be around $6 million. In Forrest County, the tornado tracked through populated areas of Hattiesburg and Petal. The tornado caused major damage to 112 houses, one mobile home, eight businesses, and six vehicles. Additionally, the tornado caused minor damage to 223 houses, four mobile homes, and 21 businesses. Despite the widespread damage across three counties, no serious injuries were reported in the storms.

Tornado Report Description: This weak tornado touched down in Hattiesburg with no damage reported.

Tornado Report Description: This tornado blew down trees and a couple of signs. It also removed part of a roof of a building.

Tornado Report Description: A few trees were blown down and minor damage was done to some property.

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Tornado Report Description: This tornado was observed by local law officials. The only damage was a few trees blown down.

Tornado Report Description: The tornado touched down in Camp Shelby, a reserve base, and blew down 50 trees, but did not damage any structures.

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